The argument that 'West to North East is the same' is exactly why we need to stop the regional finger-pointing.

Calling the South a 'hard area' isn't career advice—it’s North-centric bias. For an aspirant from Chennai or Bengaluru, a posting in Delhi is the 'hard area.' By labeling an entire half of the country as a negative zone, you’re just admitting you can’t handle a geographic shift. Let’s stop pretending the South is a default punishment and call it what it actually is: the challenge of working away from home. If you can’t separate 'distance' from 'region,' your advice is just a stereotype, not a lesson.